from the National Federation INDIANAPOLIS — Davis Whitfield, commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) for the past five years, has been selected chief operating officer of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), effective July 1, 2015. Whitfield will succeed Jim Tenopir, who is retiring…
WINDSOR– Former teacher and coach Ron Cooke passed away over the weekend at the age of 71. Born in Bertie County, Cooke had been a teacher and baseball coach at Bertie High School for a number of years and had also coached at East Wake High School and Lawrence Academy. …
KERNERSVILLE—Glenn High School has elevated Antwon Stevenson go its head football coaching position. Stevenson has been an assistant coach for all 13 years that he has taught at Glenn. A native of High Point, Stevenson will be replacing Aldine Payne, who resigned in December because of health issues. A…
a quick question concerning rules, regulations and policies of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Q: Can we get our team together on Sunday, just to look at video? A: The answer is no. Rule 2.3.6 in the current edition of the Handbook relates to no Sunday participation. Part (a) of that rule…
When Seattle and New England battle in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, a South View High School graduate will actually be supervising the footballs, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Tony Medlin, a native of Hope Mills, will serve as an equipment manager at the Super Bowl. The NFL dictates that equipment…
WINSTON-SALEM—David Hamlin has been selected as the new head football coach at Atkins High School, according to a recent report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Hamlin has served as the junior varsity football coach at R.J. Reynolds for the past two years. This is his first stint as a varsity head…
HENDERSONVILLE—Cole Cleary of Hendersonville High School completed an outstanding senior football season in 2014 and earned a spot in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state record book. Cleary caught 75 passes on the year for 1,818 yards, and the receiving yardage total is the third best documented for an…
Two North Carolina High School Athletic Association schools have broken into the Super 25 women’s basketball rankings by USA Today. Myers Park and Northwest Guilford are now both listed in the poll, among eight new teams joining the rankings this week. Myers Park, which had been ranked 39th, moved…
January 22, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, St. Stephens and Watauga battled through eight overtime periods in a Northwestern Conference men’s basketball game in Boone. St. Stephens prevailed by a score of 103-98, led by Karigan Farley’s 37 points.
FOUR QUESTIONS…A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES SIMMONS Charles Simmons is the head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Hertford County High School and has been coaching in that school system since 1980. He has coached basketball at the varsity level for over 30 years and his teams have won more than 550 games…
